Reeder Custom Guns - The fact remains, on a less expansive bullet

WB
The fact remains, on a less expansive bullet
Monday, August 16, 2021, 07:12

a flat nose meplat really helps with straight and true penetration. I'm told there is a point of diminishing returns, or full wadcutters would be all the rage. In fact I used to arm my wife with 148 gr. HBWC in her little carry 637. You could do worse.

Some friends who really think they know, tell me somewhere between 70-75% meplat, in relation to diameter, is about as far as you want to go to retain long range stability. Sounds good to me. But it seems any flat point, even if you carve it with a pocket knife on a bullet seems to help some. It begs, what does a full wadcutter do at extreme range?

Federal's doing something VERY interesting - backroadsrambler, 2021-08-15, 16:07
- Yes, we discussed this a week or two ago - WB, 2021-08-15, 19:00
  - like WB said that is old news and was talked about - gary reeder, 2021-08-15, 19:58
    - I am sure shooters have been doing this a long time. - Jim Taylor, 2021-08-15, 20:32
      - The fact remains, on a less expansive bullet - WB, 2021-08-16, 07:12
        a full wadcutter at extreme range is a fairy tale. The full - gary reeder, 2021-08-16, 23:06
        I never had much luck getting them to extreme ranges ... - Jim Taylor, 2021-08-16, 15:58
        EXTREME RANGE - JT, 2021-08-17, 06:23